Śladami zamojskiej infrastruktury kolejowej z lat 1915-1939. Potencjał turystyki kolejowej w Zamościu
Tracing Zamość’s Railway Infrastructure from 1915-1939: The Potential of Railway Tourism in the City

Summary/Abstract: Apart from its architecture and urban planning, Zamość can interest tourists in something unique,so far not used in its promotion. One opportunity for the Padua of the North is undoubtedly rail-way tourism, which can result in a number of activities promoting the city and the region econom-ically and culturally. Invented in 1825, the railway as a means of transport made it possible to movepeople en masse in ways previously unimaginable, at the same time giving rise to a new type of tour-ism. The railway is not only infrastructure, traction vehicles, buildings and junctions, but, above all,evidence of the historical changes taking place in an area, shaping its landscape and determiningits development. The history of the railway in Zamość is different from that of, say, other towns inthe Lublin Voivodeship. The construction of the railway line by the Austrians in 1916 and its ex-tension in the direction of Volodymyr created opportunities for economic development in Zamośćduring the short but very intensive interwar period of 1919-1939. The layout of the railway station,the loading and shunting yards with a system of sidings, of which there are hardly any traces left, aswell as the plans for the construction of new lines and railway settlements, along with the existingcommunication network, give an idea of the extent to which the railway contributed to the spatialdevelopment of contemporary Zamość. Railway tourism, which has been neglected in the promo-tion of Zamość, will make it possible to get to know the city from a hitherto unknown perspective,increasing its attractiveness in terms of, among other things, alternative tourism.

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